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Question
Identify the type of energy possessed by the body in each of the following:
(a) A coiled spring of the toy car
(b) A hammer which is raised
(c) A stone shot from a catapult
(d) Water stored in the overhead tank
(e) A tadpole moving in water.
Solution
(a) Potential energy
(b) Potential energy
(c) Kinetic energy
(d) Potential energy
(e) Kinetic energy
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